Millennial Pet Parents Opps: I and love and you loses CMO amid spend declines (Score 41)

Sales lead: Reach out to see if this company needs any marketing assistance. 

In other news:

  • ILY promoted Aubre Tadmori to head of brand in August 2023.
  • Tadmori joined the company in 2018 as category & shopper insights director.
  • She appears to be the company's current top marketer. 

Target demographic: Millennial pet parents

Once it hires a new CMO, the company will likely:

  • Return to higher ad spending
  • Try additional ad channels
  • Seek agency partners 

Digital and social insights (digital ad spend, effectiveness, impressions, and performance)

  • YTD spend: ILY spent around $55.5k on digital display ads YTD, down from $445.3k spent in this channel during the same time period of 2022. 
  • YTD data: 8.4m impressions via Instagram (48%), Facebook (45%), desktop display (7%), and YouTube (1%). 
  • 2021-2022 spend: Full-year spend jumped by 52% from $296.5k in 2021 to $450k in 2022. 
  • Ad location: It placed 99% of these ads directly onto sites such as instagram.com, facebook.com, wistv.com, and youtube.com. It placed 1% of these ads indirectly through an unknown channel onto wistc.com. 

Agency analysis:

  • Opportunity: I recommend offering creative, media, digital, social, & PR services. 
    • We have not confirmed any current agency relationships for ILY.

Insight Sources: Digital spend insights estimated by Pathmatics